empire superstar

Chapter 321 Premiere

There are more than 800 seats in the screening hall, but only dozens of people in the industry were invited to the premiere, including cast members and film critics. 200 people.

Therefore, looking from the stage, the entire seat seems to be empty.

At this time, a promotional poster was being shown on the big screen. It was a screenshot of a movie of two boys and girls hiding from the rain under the eaves.

The palpitations of adolescence, the rain of apricot blossoms that are getting wet, and the design of school uniforms all make people's eyes shine.

As the director, Liao Yuan talked about some details of filming on the spot: "Miss Lin Weiyin's temperament is my ideal heroine, so this film must be her. To my surprise, at the scene, Lin The young lady's acting skills are also beyond our expectations, very natural and refreshing, people can't tell that she is acting, like an old actor who has debuted for many years, this is probably the benefit of acting in her true colors."

"Miss Song Baining's Qing Yi is a rather embarrassing role, but she must exist because she is the main character who promotes the plot, and it is also her first time acting. Like Miss Song, she is impeccable in acting... "

"Not to mention Mr. Zhang Ziming, an old actor with superb acting skills, he also performed very well in this drama..."

Liao Yuan named more than a dozen actors in a row, and the praise-like comments made all the actors smile.

"Thanks to the actors for their efforts, and to all the behind-the-scenes staff. As for the whole story, I think I am quite satisfied. Well, I have said too much. Everyone can enjoy this movie!"

After speaking, Liao Yuan walked off the stage, and the rest of the staff hurriedly cleaned up the scene.

Soon, the entire auditorium was plunged into darkness.

Then, the big screen lights gradually appeared.

The first thing that appeared was an old piano score, covering the entire screen, accompanied by the appearance of a piece of pure music "Opening", which immediately gave everyone goosebumps.

“The atmosphere was created very well.”

"Damn, this opening song is not simple. This movie may not be just a love movie."

"This music, full of suspense, feels like a Hollywood blockbuster!"

Many audience members were speaking in low voices.

Film critic Chen Changping and Zhang Tianhua looked at each other and nodded.

From the perspective of this piece of music alone, it is indeed not bad.

It is indeed the work of great pianist Liao Yuan!

But the soundtrack is only a part of the movie. If you just want to enjoy the music, you might as well go to Liao Yuan's concert. Why come to the movie hall?
Holding a slightly picky independence, Chen Changping took out a small notebook and began to prepare to write down some characteristics of the movie while watching the movie.

The whole movie uses a very comfortable yellowish tone, which looks very beautiful.

The detail processing is also very good, the recurring mottled walls of the old piano room, the wooden floor inadvertently turned into a cement corridor, the portraits of Chopin and his lover George Sand that appeared on the wall four times, and the spreading vines It is also extremely gorgeous.

At least from a visual point of view, this movie is a success.

But the story...

Chen Changping frowned. From the first 10 minutes, he almost fell asleep!
In addition to the piano competition, it seems that there is still a little beginning.

Although relying on his rich movie-watching experience, Chen Changping discovered the supplementary management of the details of this movie, but he always felt that it was too much, because all the warmth, romance, innocence and comfort at the beginning seemed too plain, but he knew, often The more ordinary details may be the foreshadowing of all the answers, so every time he comes to a key line, he will carefully ponder it and guess what will happen next.

Soon, he discovered some peculiarities.

The teacher who appears during four-handed playing.

Fifteen uneaten apples.

Xiao Yu never came to class.

The wrinkles and sadness in the corners of my mother's eyes, and the lucky bracelet on her wrist.

Two people dance, two people watch the scenery, two people ride bicycles, two people listen to "Lover's Tears" in the video store——

Chen Changping suddenly felt his scalp tingling.

He vaguely had a guess.

Is all this just your one-man show?
Chen Changping stared at Ye Xianglun in the movie.

He subconsciously felt that there was a high probability that this was a psychotic movie about a boy who loved fantasy, and that the so-called Lu Xiaoyu might not actually exist at all.

"Could it be that Ye Xianglun is lying in a mental hospital at the end of the story?"

Chen Changping felt that this routine was a bit vulgar.

But fantasies are always based, so the heroine should be the epitome of reality.

Soon, Chen Changping found that he seemed to have been easily led into an unexpected plot trap by the director, thinking that this was just another sad story of the heroine dying of asthma.

until……

Lu Xiaoyu played "Secret" in the old piano room. Accompanied by the treacherous tune, the surrounding scenes changed rapidly. A tornado rolled around Lu Xiaoyu quickly. The surrounding bookshelves, picture frames, mottled walls, dilapidated The floor was gradually blown up by this tornado...

When a "Secret" was played, everything around returned to normal.

Everything seems to be the same, but it seems to have changed again.

Brand new everything!
At this moment, Chen Changping was dumbfounded.

Those with the same expression as him were dozens of film critics present.

Including the audience at the scene, they couldn't help but start to exclaim.

Everyone got goosebumps all over.

More than an hour before the beginning of the film, people were suspicious of Liao Yuan and his film, and even inadvertently looked down upon it.

But this time, Liao Yuan shocked everyone!

In the last half hour of the film, it can be said that there is a turning point, and all doubts are instantly solved.

In the process of explaining, Liao Yuan even "playfully" incorporated elements of weird horror, mysterious fantasy.

This is amazing!
It turns out that this is the secret that can't be told?

An old piano room, an old piano, and an old "Secret" sheet music.

As long as you play very fast, you can go back to the past, and if you play slowly, you can go to the future.

The faster you go, the more time you have to go back.

The slower it is, the farther in time it will go in the future.

The director doesn't need to explain why this arrangement is made, he just needs to tell you bluntly but unquestionably, this is the established rule!
You are helpless, but you are willing to accept--

Because unconsciously, Liao Yuan seems to have completed the transformation from "general" to "craftsman".

Some elements can be seen in Liao Yuan's artistic plot deep in his heart. In the society 20 years ago, people's indifference and intolerance towards mental patients.

Reporting performance at the graduation of the school.

Bicycles speeding across the long covered bridge.

The small vegetable market is crowded and dirty, but the credits are full of reasonable warmth and touching.

Mottled correction fluid handwriting "I love you", "Do you love me".

Then he used the correction fluid to forcefully point out the heart shape.

20 years of time and space intersect and reunite at this time, but my lover Lu Xiaoyu is slowly dying.

"Clap!"

The moment Lu Xiaoyu died lying on the desk, someone shed tears.

When the plot is gradually revealed.

In the old piano room, while the big hammer was roaring above Liao Yuan's head, the song "Secret" was played quickly.

It was so fast that he could go back to the past before Xiao Yu got the piano score.

Therefore, Xiao Yu didn't know him at that time, so he saved Xiao Yu's life.

The final photo, revealing the happy ending.

Xiao Yu took a graduation photo, which means she didn't die——

This is the only theme that needs to be expressed in this colorful graduation photo.

In fact, it doesn't matter whether Ye Xianglun is in the photo or not.

"Good story!"

After watching the whole movie, Chen Changping was stunned, and then he wrote these three words in his notebook vigorously.

"The sudden existence of illusion, the unauthorized impact of consciousness, the sudden change of different time and space, and the pure love of intertwined ages, no matter from which point of view, it is difficult to make such a film well, let alone integrate these elements into one film. middle."

"First of all, in terms of narrative structure, if the explanation is not enough, it will become an inexplicable plot, and if the explanation is too much, there will be no room for fun, and the audience will be regarded as mentally handicapped without thinking ability."

"In a sense, Liao Yuan's "Secret" and some master works can be said to be in the same line. Is the movie a tragedy or a comedy? This is the proposition Liao Yuan left for us."

"If you understand the whole process of the movie after watching it, you will deeply appreciate Liao Yuan's ingenious and calm handling of the details of the movie as a director. It's hard to imagine that a new director can integrate his skills into the plot so naturally and skillfully. .”

"This time, I, Chen Changping, will call for Liao Yuan!"

(End of this chapter)